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Watch ISS astronaut speak with Nobel Prize winners today
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
International Space Station commander Andreas Mogensen will speak with two Nobel laureates on Dec. 11. You can watch the event live, for free.
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Ex-NASA scientist dishes on space food in new memoir 'Space Bites'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Of all of the food items she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris' favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. A NASA food scientist for 34 years, Kloeris has published her memoir 'Space Bites.'
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Private cargo spacecraft named for shuttle-era astronaut who died of plane crash injuries
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard 'Patty' Robertson, who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash, is Northrop Grumman's chosen namesake for its first Cygnus to launch atop a SpaceX rocket.
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NASA astronaut will celebrate Hanukkah in space with felt menorah
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will pin candles on a felt menorah to honor Hanukkah, the Jewish festival that begins Dec. 7.
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The ISS just turned 25, and NASA is getting ready for the end (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The ISS turned 25 years old on Dec. 6, and a new generation of space station is coming into view. By 2030, NASA wants commercial stations and a vehicle ready to deorbit the ISS.
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NASA marks 25th anniversary of ISS with call to crew on space station
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at space shuttle Endeavour's controls when he fired thrusters to dock a U.S.-built node with a Russian module, giving birth to the International Space Station.
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ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
During NASA astronaut Frank Rubio's year in space, a dwarf tomato he harvested floated away from him. International Space Station astronauts retrieved the tomato's remains 8 months later.
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Watch live as astronauts on the ISS celebrate the station's 25th anniversary today (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
International Space Station astronauts will celebrate 25 years of their research facility on Dec. 6. You can watch the event from space, for free.
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NASA to train Indian astronauts for a week-long trip to ISS in 2024
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA will train two Indian astronauts, one of whom will fly to the ISS late next year, a space agency official announced this week.
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Cosmonauts dock Russian Progress cargo ship to ISS on remote control after autopilot glitch
By Tariq Malik published
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station took manual control of an incoming Progress 86 cargo ship on Sunday, Dec. 3, due to an autopilot issue.
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